Railway-tie.



J. R. SNEED.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 7, 1909.

950,146. I Patenfied Feb. 22, 1910.

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[has embedded thereinf metal strengthening rodsor plates, wh ch.

, consists of a railway =Fim 2. is a vertical longitudinal;sectional hard and strong when exposed to air.

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ULASKL ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-TIE..-

To all' whom it may concern: 4

Be it lanownthatl. JosnrrrR. Swa n), a citizen of the United States. esiding at Pulaski, in the county of Pulaski and State of'I-lliuo'is; have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of.

which the following is a specification.- '-This invention relates to railway ties.

The object of the invention is to provide a railway tie of the kind wherein a body of concrete or similar material is molded and shall be free from the objectionable.features possessed by ties of this character as heretofore made.

With this object in view the" invention tie formedand providcdpwith accessories adapting it-for eontinuou's; use and for detachably connecting ra ilsJ-having the. generic and specific fen -i, tin-es substantially as'hereinatter described and claimed V T be,v invention is illustrated in thelacc om panyingldrawing in which ;-Figure ,1, is a perspective view of a railway tie constructed in accordance'withmy invention, ra1ls ,,1n

,biidyof the tieis eon'iposcd. and which arearranged between the -oiit er"face or faces'of the tie.

section. being shown in position on the tie;

D view of lIllC-tle and means for attaching the .rails to'the tie; F.'g.1s.a detail viewjof the means for attaching the cushions to the ties; Fig. his a detail view of the meansfor attaching the rails to the cushion; and, Fig'.',- 5, is. a transverse sectional view, oftbe body of the tie. Y

In this drawing'l. represents the body of the tie which is of material. preferably concrete, capable of being readily molded when in plastic condition and which will become In forming the tie each end thereof is indented forming handholds 2, for convenience in handling it. a

Formed in the upper face of the tie a short distance from each end is an indentation 3. which is designed'to receive and ai in holding in place a supporting block or cushion 4 upon which rails are to be placed and to which the rails are detachably secured. In the bottom of each indentation is 3 a transverse groove 5, the purpose of which Sp eciiication of Letters Patent.-

rodsare leach bent-at .gles. The rods except the ends thereof are of these indentations.

and each is preferably" placed-on the screw threads;

them and thus to cause.

I held in place will be explained hereinafter.

In the formation of the tie there are -suspended in the mold the metal rods 6 and? l arranged one above the other and which serve to strengthen the tie and also to pro- 5 videmeans ofattaching the cushions upon which the rails'are to be supported. The

each end at right 'anentirely covered by the body of the tier The ends of the rod 6 extend upward through Patented Feb; 22, 1910.

Application mede rn'z, 190a Seria1No.488,5 02; r

the inner endsof the respective lndentations.

3, while'the corresponding ends of the rods 7 extend upward through the outer portions The ends of both rods are screw threaded provided with so'me neans which will prevent the displacement by jarring of nuts ln-the present form I haveshown' all the exposed ends oi the rods as "slotted, permitting them to readily be spread after nuts are'placed on retain the nuts in .place', The rods 6 and 7 extend throughout the tie :ncarly fromxend to end. and by their form .preventthe separation of the parts of the tie should thelattcr become broken from any l ks an additional means of strength ening the tiethere is incorporated init one .ormorewvire' mesh strips 9, which are entirely inclosed by the material of which the rods (3, and 7 In order to provide means for securing rails to the tie in a manner to avoid 'weakem ing of thetie by the attaching means, and also to prevent shocks or blows from passing trains. injuring the tie, there are interposed between thetie and the rails tobe supported. the cushionsor blocks-t which may be of wood, compressed paper or other suitable material. The blocks are. ot'a width corresponding to' that of the tie. and-of a length to fit closely in the indentations 3. Each block has openings through itfor receiving one end of each of the rods 6 and T and is by nuts placed on the ends of the rods and bearing on the upper face 0 theblock. To lend additional security to 12 having downwardly bent ends inclosing the sides at the blot ks and having openings blocks are preferably made in two parts as shown, in order and the d the attachmentof thcblocks-l provide plates that they may be removed or introduced without displacing the rails,

The'rai1s are attached to the blocks at. -point s.over. the transverse grooves The cushions or blocks being unsupported at the places of attachment of the rails a more or lesselastic or yielding bed for the rails,

ing trains,'is furnished. I a a The rails may be attached to the blocks or I cushions in any suitable way; For instance; v as shown in the embodiment of the invention here illustrated, clips 13 which extend ',over the flanges of the rails are secured in preventingundueshocks to the tie by pass )l'ace by bolts 1e passing through the blocks.

he bolts are preferably provided with angular heads, and the openings through which the bolts pass are so located that the heads abut against the sides of the transverse groove and are thereby prevented from turning. The upper ends of the bolts receiving nuts 15 which bear on the'elips are prefer ably split as shown to allow theends to be spread tolock the nuts-in place and prevent their turning. 4

-Fi-omthe foregoing description it will be I clear that by the forrn of ,tie described I obtain a support four-ails which is capable of longuse Without displacement, and one which completely insulates the rails held by it. If therail shonldbecome hroken there is no possibility of spreading of the rails as the rods will retain the supporting blocks in proper position whatever the condition "of the body ofthe tie. A great advantage which I attain is the 'facility of removing a supporting block or'cushion and substituting-- another to raise or lower a rail,-\vithout; necessitating the displacement of the rail.

Having thus describedmv invention, what ters Patent, is

haiing rods exten din longitudinally thereangle tov the body, thereof, and means for stantially as described.

face of the tie, inea'us for-attaching a, rail tially as described.

-cret e,1 strengthening rods embodied-in the fi'Olll their-bodies at'a'n-angle and pro ecting- .i'rom the upper surface'of'the tiey'cushion blocks for supporting rails through which thereof, groores' in the-bottoms of the inden; tations, cushion blocks secured" in theaindenlar heads adapted to bear against the faces of the grooves, substantially asdescribed;

In testimony whereofI- afiix-rny signature in presence of two witnesseswv I Witnessest I ABNER L. BUTLER.

Hinnr C. Moons.

in,- each end ofthe rot s being bent at a right havingrods the bodies of which are embed-' tie and having each end thereof extending tations,'and means'fo'rattaching rails tothe cushion blocks including bolts havm'g angu- JOSEPH R. sneer,

'- I claim aslnew, and desire to secure by Let- '1. A railway tie of the kind described;

connecting the ends to a :rail'support, suh-" I A railway tie of the kind described" ed in the trepeach end of each rod: being bent at an angle and extending from the -upper support to the ends of therods, and means. 1 for attaching rails to "the support, su'bstan A railway t e comprising a body of con 

